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in this very tight budget, it's a big challenge. we dealt with some cuts that had to be dealt with, but how we balance this with personnel and ensuring that we have a robust system and making sure the benefits are there, at the same time how do we balance with some of the infrastructure. i have a more detailed question that i'll submit for the record, but that's the gist of my question, how will you manage that to make sure we have the fighting men and women that we need but at the same time deal with some severe budget constraints. so i'll just submit that for the record, if that's okay. >> okay, senator. thanks. >> thank you very much. good luck. >> senator graham? >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations on your nomination. i know you'll do a good job, and your family is proud, and this is a special time in your life. but iraq. there are increasing reports coming from iraq that iran is introducing weapons into iraq and to shiite hands, iups and more rockets. is that generally true? >> i've heard both general austin and others
in this very tight budget, it's a big challenge. we dealt with some cuts that had to be dealt with, but how we balance this with personnel and ensuring that we have a robust system and making sure the benefits are there, at the same time how do we balance with some of the infrastructure. i have a more detailed question that i'll submit for the record, but that's the gist of my question, how will you manage that to make sure we have the fighting men and women that we need but at the same time...
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because people look at them for some big boats, big on health care reform or some other big matters, on what to do about epa regulation over osha regulations, what to do about offshore drilling. a lot of this stuff comes and go so quickly that they don't hear the other side, they don't feel pressure from the other side. and they do have to raise money, and they live within this system where every day they are going out, doing fundraisers, lobbyists are at the fundraisers giving them money. these are the people they talk to, they listen to. it's almost an and ecological problem as much as one of laws and legal decisions. so it's really, the key take away here is for anything to change for there to be a constitutional amendment, any laws passed or even a cultural shift that will cause of candidates to be less able to take money. there has to be a shift in outlook sentiment. you have to be -- you can't stop it all. it has to be kind of shameful. if an umpire left a baseball game and then there was a story the next day saying that they had taken money from one side, from one set of playe
because people look at them for some big boats, big on health care reform or some other big matters, on what to do about epa regulation over osha regulations, what to do about offshore drilling. a lot of this stuff comes and go so quickly that they don't hear the other side, they don't feel pressure from the other side. and they do have to raise money, and they live within this system where every day they are going out, doing fundraisers, lobbyists are at the fundraisers giving them money....
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that's a really big deal. yes, you need to applaud for that and then you need to go out and work it up. >> bring it up, the sass. >> you bet. >> you really highlighted a point that a lot of people don't think about how this really is delivering on a promise for everyone. and you talked about how women can benefit a lot from this bill. and just thinking about our generation regardless of the political affiliation that a person may -- a young person may be swayed to, we all have this passion of equality to all, what are some of the steps that the administration is taking to ensure that all americans have access to care that they need regardless of race, gender and sexual orientation? >> well, it's a great question. i talked a little bit about women but a final piece of that snapshot. in the insurance market women are likely to pay 15 to 20% more for identical coverage. plans are less likely to have birth control coverage than they are to have viagra coverage. it makes not a lot of sense. >> oh, my god. [laughter
that's a really big deal. yes, you need to applaud for that and then you need to go out and work it up. >> bring it up, the sass. >> you bet. >> you really highlighted a point that a lot of people don't think about how this really is delivering on a promise for everyone. and you talked about how women can benefit a lot from this bill. and just thinking about our generation regardless of the political affiliation that a person may -- a young person may be swayed to, we all have...
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guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs? yes, it did. i think that is how we have to approach medicare. a baby girl born today as a 50% chance or better of living to 100 my husband's grandmother passed away a couple of years ago one a week shy of 112 living in her own home. these are the things that we are dealing with. people are living longer. i was very engaged with care coordination, wellness, how we coordinate care for our seniors in order to make sure not only are they getting the appropriate care but getting it in the setting that they want and having the quality of life that they want as well. me
guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs?...
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this problem is too big to try to solve it with just part of the federal fiscal picture. it's going to take all parts to solve this problem. mr. president, the group of six, aim plowed to say, came up -- i'm proud to say, came up with a plan that stablizes this debt and begins to bring it down and avoiding this skyrocketing debt that we are otherwise going to experience. mr. president, this amendment, this legislation before us would stop it in its tracks. i think that would be a profound mistake. i hope my colleagues reject this ill-considered plan. ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, one of the things that from us the -- one of the things that frustrates the american people about washington is how hard it is to get straightforward answers. we in the congress have that same difficulty. it is hard to know sometimes what numbers and statements and plans really mean and what they will cost. politicians offer a budget proposal, and they say it cuts taxes even though taxes go up. they even come up
this problem is too big to try to solve it with just part of the federal fiscal picture. it's going to take all parts to solve this problem. mr. president, the group of six, aim plowed to say, came up -- i'm proud to say, came up with a plan that stablizes this debt and begins to bring it down and avoiding this skyrocketing debt that we are otherwise going to experience. mr. president, this amendment, this legislation before us would stop it in its tracks. i think that would be a profound...
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so, yes, everything's got to be on the table, but we just took a big run at getting our health care costs back in line. $1.3 trillion in deficit savings, according to c.b.o. mr. president, in conclusion, the overall -- the overview of the budget framework that we're offering our colleagues for their consideration provides $4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. it's actually $5 trillion if measured on the same basis as the fiscal commission. we have adopted what we think is a more plausible baseline in light of things that have happened so far this year. stabilize the debt by 2014, cut the deficit to 2.5% of g.d.p. by 2015 and 1.3% by 2021. we have tax reform that simplifies the code, that closes loopholes, that goes after offshore tax havens and abusive
so, yes, everything's got to be on the table, but we just took a big run at getting our health care costs back in line. $1.3 trillion in deficit savings, according to c.b.o. mr. president, in conclusion, the overall -- the overview of the budget framework that we're offering our colleagues for their consideration provides $4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. it's actually $5 trillion if measured on the same basis as the fiscal commission. we have adopted what we think is a more...
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but what's the big difference? the big difference is it takes being a very wealthy individual or a very big corporation to be able to take advantage of those tricks, to be able to hire a lobbyist who can build that trick into the tax code and to have the revenues and the resources to be able to maneuver through the tax code that way. ordinary americans don't do that. you can ask pretty much anybody in rhode island, show them the thousands of pages of the internal revenue code and ask them who's got a special provision in it for you. nobody does. they're regular americans. they pay regular taxes. they do things the way they're supposed to be done. the gimmicks and the tricks are all at the upper end. and it's time to clean house action particularly now when we so badly need the revenues to balance our budget. mr. president, it is inexcusable that our taxpayers allows billionaires to pay less taxes than truck drivers. even if we had no budget deficits, just being fair, just honoring the principle of equality would de
but what's the big difference? the big difference is it takes being a very wealthy individual or a very big corporation to be able to take advantage of those tricks, to be able to hire a lobbyist who can build that trick into the tax code and to have the revenues and the resources to be able to maneuver through the tax code that way. ordinary americans don't do that. you can ask pretty much anybody in rhode island, show them the thousands of pages of the internal revenue code and ask them who's...